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Iraq

An American-led U-N weapons inspection team is not on the job in Baghdad
today.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Baghdad, Iraq;

The Iraqi government blocked the team from working, claiming the team
leader, American Scott Ritter, is a spy.
Meanwhile, other U-N inspectors are continuing their work as usual.
President Clinton says he expects the U-N Security Council to take strong
and appropriate action if Baghdad continues to block inspections.
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In Tokyo, the Nikkei index closed up more than half a percent.
Meantime, an armed man took an official hostage today at the Tokyo Stock
Exchange, demanding to meet with the Japanese finance minister.
The hostage was later released unharmed and trading at the exchange was not
affected.
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E-Bedford-Supes

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=ssm
TAPE#97-97
GRAPHIC=NONE

A budget surplus could mean good things for Bedford County, and some
residents are asking for a say in how the money is spent.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bedford

Many of them spoke out at last night's board of supervisors meeting.
The supervisors learned that Bedford County is looking at a 13 percent
growth in revenue this year.
That's the highest increase the county has seen in recent memory.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 5:10:42
IN Q=Overall all of
((KATHLEEN GUZI/DEPUTY CO. ADMINISTRATOR: OVERALL, ALL OF THE REVENUES FOR THE
GENERAL FUND HAVE INCREASED BY OVER 13 PERCENT, THAT'S MADE OF REVENUE
INCREASES FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SOURCES THAT WOULD INCLUDE MONEY WE RECEIVED
FROM THE CITY OF BEDFORD, THE COMMONWEALTH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.. THAT HAS
INCREASED BY MORE THAN TEN PERCENT.))
SUPER=01-Kathleen Guzi/Deputy Co. Administrator; :00
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=than ten percent.
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VO-NAT

Guzi (GUZZ-ee) says the increase was spurred by the residential growth
Bedford County has experienced.
That growth means the county needs things like new schools.. the board will
decide how MANY in two weeks.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE

But some residents last night said they want more input on the budget
process.
One taxpayers group is asking that the first half hour of every supervisors
meeting be devoted to public discussion about spending.

E-Halifax-Student

A Halifax County high school student who claims she was raped now faces
sexual misconduct charges.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Halifax Co./July 1997;

The teenage girl alleged she was sexually assaulted by two 16- year- old
students while two others played watchdog.
She says a teacher finally walked in and stopped the attack.
Judge Franklin Slaydon rejected the girl's rape claims.
Prosecutor John Greenbacker says evidence showed the girl was not forced
into sexual relations.
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ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=NONE

The girl has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sodomy and one fornication
charge.
Each of the boys were charged with one count of sodomy and one was charged
with fornication.
They both pleaded "no contest" to all of the charges.

E-Innotech

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sgo
TAPE#97-95
GRAPHIC=Innotech

Expansion has been the recent trend at Roanoke based Innotech.
But yesterday the maker of high tech eyeglass lenses-- reversed course and
announced a series of layoffs.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Johnson and Johnson, the company that owns Innotech, will not say how many
people were fired--- only that the Fortune 500 company is making room on
Innotech's payroll to hire new workers in the future.
This round of layoffs affects workers in four departments: Sales,
marketing, operations and manufacturing.
Before the layoffs, Innotech employed close to 200 people in Roanoke.
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E-Elections-Lawsuit

Today special elections finds three House seats in Tidewater, Northern
Virginia, and suburban Richmond up for grabs.
This election has spurred a number of arguments unfolding in Virginia's
courts on the eve of the start of the 19-98 General Assembly.
Governor Allen is even suing his own appointees to the State Board of
Elections-- and losing.
Ellen Qualls has this report.
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SOT
IN Q=Electoral board
SUPER=03-Richmond; :00
SUPER=@Allen; :12
SUPER=01-John Gibney/Meadows' Attorney; :27
SUPER=@Ellen1; :34
RUNS=:52
OUT Q=Qualls, News 7, Richmond.
((
Electoral Board Secretary Bruce Meadows won't allow his board to meet to
certify the special election votes before Friday -- two days after the House
votes on the re-election of powerful Democratic Speaker Tom Moss.
sot 04:43:14
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: I THINK NORMAL PEOPLE THINK "AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" MEANS
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THAT MEANS RIGHT QUICK, OR EXPEDITIOUSLY, OR TODAY AS
OPPOSED TO THREE DAYS LATER.))
runs=:11

So Allen and Attorney General Richard Cullen took it court -- and lost.
sot 07:05:25
((JOHN GIBNEY: I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S TRYING TO DO...PROCESS.))
runs=:07

sot standup

The Governor says he will appeal.
All the legal wrangling only matters if Republicans win all three special
elections -- bringing their total to 49 in the house and making Bedford
Independent Lacey Putney their new best friend to force a power sharing
agreement.
Ellen Qualls, News 7, Richmond.))

E-Special-elections

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=VA Seal

Meanwhile a federal judge late last night refused to stop local electoral
boards from speeding up the certification of the three special elections for
House of Delegates seats.
Judge Robert Payne ruled that the process the local boards are planning
after today's elections does NOT violate the federal Voting Rights Act.
However, his decision could be moot after a Richmond Circuit Court judge
earlier yesterday ruled that the State Board of Elections can wait until Friday
to certify the election results.
The Commonwealth's Supreme Court will consider the issue today.

E-Cranwell

ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=equ
TAPE#97-94
GRAPHIC=NONE

In other news from the state's capital,
House Majority Leader Dick Cranwell of Vinton was to introduce Jim Gilmore
at Saturday's inauguration ceremony.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond/January 1994;

Perhaps remembering the bitter cold of four years ago, Cranwell is bowing
out.
He tells The Washington Post he did not want (quote) "to go out and get
fitted for a morning suit and sit out in the cold. Nothing less, nothing
more."
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(( Their balloon torn and leaking... Dick Rutan and Dave Melton had no
choice... they bailed out...
The bright orange chutes were a pretty site to Manley Butler...
He designed them... they were made here at Butler Parachute Systems in
Roanoke...
Butler met Rutan 11 years ago when he designed the emergency chutes for the
round-the-world Voyager flight.
For this flight, Rutan turned to Butler again, but he needed more than just
a parachute.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:52:08
IN Q=In this kind of flight
((MANLEY BUTLER/BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS; IN THIS KIND OF FLIGHT YOU'RE GOING
TO BE SUBJECTED TO ANYWHERE FROM SUBTROPICAL CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN AFRICA TO
POTENTIALLY ARCTIC CONDITIONS OVER SIBERIA.))
RUNS=:11
OUT Q=over Siberia

So Butler designed a parachute survival pack, complete with life raft,
oxygen tank, radios, blankets and emergency rations...
Rutan was prepared for everything but the cactus he landed on... Painful,
but thanks to the chutes, he and Melton weren't on the gondola when it hit
power lines and exploded in Texas.
Sunday morning, Rutan left a thankyou message on Butler's answering
machine.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:58:10
IN Q=wanna call
((DICK RUTAN/BALLOONIST; ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND DAVE MELTON, GOOD JOB GUY,
YOU OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF YOURSELF AND YOU SAVED OUR BUTTS. ))
RUNS=:07
OUT Q=saved our butts

From his hospital bed in New Mexico, Melton says his skydiving experience
taught him to trust his parachute...
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 20:13:17
IN Q=before that
((DAVE MELTON/BALLOONIST; BEFORE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN
PARACHUTING, BUT EVER SINCE I WENT SKYDIVING I HAD AN AWFUL LOT OF FAITH IN
PARACHUTES AND SKYDIVING. ))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=parachutes and skydiving

Buttler's glad his part of this round-the-world trip worked the way it was
supposed to.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:53:55
IN Q=we're real proud
((MANLEY BUTLER/BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS; WE'RE REAL PROUD OF OUR PRODUCT AND
EVERYBODY HERE THAT PARTICIPATED IN BUILDING IT, EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING THAT
YOU'RE LOOKING AT HAD A PIECE OF IT ))
RUNS=:09
OUT Q=piece of it.

Rutan will try again... no doubt with one of Manley Butler's packs on his
back.
In Roanoke Eric Earnhart, News 7. ))

Two-Steve

ANCHOR=Steve
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=spa
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=NONE

On Record
SUPER=15-Steve Pardon;

(toss to Kimberly)
Double Boxes=SPA & KMC

UN-INSPECTION

Iraq today is barring weapons inspections by an American led U-N team.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Baghdad, Iraq;

Iraqi officials claim Scott Ritter is a spy.
They say his team is actually a U-S intelligence team intent on collecting
security, economic and scientific information.
Meanwhile, other U-N inspectors are going about their work as normal.
The U-N Security Council today could take up Iraq's latest challenge to its
authority.
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HOSTAGE-TOKYO

ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=mel
TAPE#net
GRAPHIC=standoff

Some scary moments today at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and it had nothing to
do with trading.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Tokyo;

An armed man took an official hostage, demanding to meet with the Japanese
finance minister.
The hostage was freed six hours later and trading at the exchange was not
interrupted.
That was good news because the Nikkei index closed up more than half a
percent.
SUPER=03-Hong Kong;

And in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng gained more than seven percent after
plunging nearly nine-percent yesterday.
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5-Innotech

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=sgo
TAPE#597=53
GRAPHIC=innotech

How many people will be out of work is still unknown, but Roanoke-based
Innotech has announced layoffs.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

The "Johnson-and Johnson owned" company says the cuts include employees in
sales, marketing, operations and manufacturing departments.
Just last March, the maker of high-tech eyeglass lenses said it would double
the size of its plant and quadruple its work force.
Now, Johnson and Johnson wouldn't say why it's firing people, except that
Fortune 500 company is making room on the payroll to hire new workers in the
future at Innotech.
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E-City-Firefighters

The consolidation of Roanoke's Fire and E-M-S Departments is still
generating grievances, two years after the merger.
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VO-NAT

Last year, a group of employees unsuccessfully challenged the policy that
requires them to serve on ambulance crews.
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Fifteen- year veteran Ron Mathews says the standards he agreed to when he
was hired did not include emergency medical service.
He has returned to court with what he contends are new issues.
But Chief Jim Grigsby says the new grievance is identical to the one the
court rejected last year.
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ANCHOR=Kimberly
SS=NONE

Judge Richard Pattisal denied a motion to remove local judges from the
case.
He'll hear more evidence later this month.

E-Allen-Portrait

He's with books, in front of columns, standing tall.
But the color scheme shows his warmth.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond;

That was the thinking of the artist who painted Governor George Allen's
official portrait.
The work was unveiled yesterday at the State Capitol.
Governor Allen got up to talk about the painting before the REAL reactions
came.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 04;22:54
IN Q=Each and every
((GOV. GEORGE ALLEN: EACH AND EVERY ASPECT OF THAT PAINTING-- YOU HAVE KIDS
CRYING... FRIGHTEN THE BABY. ACTUALLY IT WAS YELPING IN JOY AND HAPPINESS.))
SUPER=@Allen;
RUNS=:15
OUT Q=joy and happiness.
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VO-NAT

Allen's portrait takes its place among the other governors just outside the
office he'll vacate this weekend.
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2-E-Bedford-Supes

A budget surplus in Bedford County could bode well for the possibility of
new schools.
Some residents say they want a say in how the funds are spent.
(----------------)
VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Bedford

Many of them spoke out at last night's board of supervisors meeting.
The supervisors learned that Bedford County is looking at a 13 percent
growth in revenue this year.
That's the highest increase the county has seen in recent memory.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 5:10:42
IN Q=Overall all of
((KATHLEEN GUZI/DEPUTY CO. ADMINISTRATOR: OVERALL, ALL OF THE REVENUES FOR THE
GENERAL FUND HAVE INCREASED BY OVER 13 PERCENT, THAT'S MADE OF REVENUE
INCREASES FROM OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SOURCES THAT WOULD INCLUDE MONEY WE RECEIVED
FROM THE CITY OF BEDFORD, THE COMMONWEALTH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.. THAT HAS
INCREASED BY MORE THAN TEN PERCENT.))
SUPER=01-Kathleen Guzi/Deputy Co. Administrator; :00
RUNS=:18
OUT Q=receiving high growth.
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VO-NAT

Guzi (GUZZ-ee) says the increase was spurred by the residential growth
Bedford County has experienced.
That growth means the county needs things like new schools.. the board will
decide how MANY in two weeks.
(----------------)
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=NONE

But some residents last night said they want more input on the budget
process.
One taxpayers group is asking that the first half hour of every supervisors
meeting be devoted to public discussion about spending.

Elections

ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=va seal

Three House of Delegates seats are up for grabs in special elections today.
No matter who the unofficial winner is, it is still unclear whether the
votes will be certified tomorrow or Friday.
The Virginia Supreme Court will consider the matter today.
If Republicans win all three races they will be able to challenge Democrats
for a share of power when the General Assembly convenes tomorrow.
Yesterday a state judge upheld a Board of Elections decision to certify the
results on Friday. But last night, a federal judge said speeding up the vote
count doesn't need Justice Department approval.

E-Abed

The first witness might not be called until tomorrow as jury selection
enters a second day in the Abed trial.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Roanoke

Just two of the nine defendants are out on bond, nearly a year after the
racketeering indictment was returned in U-S District Court in Roanoke.
The case is expected to take six weeks to try.
With jurors coming from as far away as Cumberland County- -in hopes of
finding citizens who haven't heard about the case- -the court may have to rent
rooms in Roanoke for some jury members.
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E-Blood-Supply

ANCHOR=Kimberly
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=tbr
TAPE#97-96
GRAPHIC=Red Cross

Roanoke's chapter of the American Red Cross is putting out a plea for blood
donors.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=@file;

The Red Cross says bad weather kept donors away from holiday blood drives
and now inventories are below emergency levels.
Healthy donors of all types are needed.
The Appalachian Region Red Cross supplies blood to 44 hospitals and nine
dialysis centers in the area.
To donate blood, you must be healthy, at least 17- years- old and weigh at
least 110 pounds.
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When the two balloonists jumped to safety, the bright orange parachutes
that carried them to the ground came were custom made in Roanoke.
SUPER=03-Roanoke;

Butler Parachute Systems designed a parachute and survival pack with life
raft, oxygen tank and emergency supplies so the men could survive a bail-out
anywhere from Africa to Siberia.
Sunday Rutan left a message on their answering machine saying thanks.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 11:58:00
IN Q=yea, the message
((DICK RUTAN/YEA THE MESSAGE AT THE BEEP IS FROM DICK RUTAN, WANNA CALL MANLEY
AND THANK HIM FOR AN OUTSTANDING PARACHUTE, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND DAVE
MELTON, GOOD JOB GUY, YOU OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF YOURSELF AND YOU SAVED OUR
BUTTS.
SOT 11:53:55
MANLEY BUTLER/BUTLER PARACHUTE SYSTEMS; WE'RE REAL PROUD OF OUR PRODUCT AND
EVERYBODY HERE THAT PARTICIPATED IN BUILDING IT, EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING THAT
YOU'RE LOOKING AT HAD A PIECE OF IT ))
SUPER=02-Dick Rutan/Balloonist;
SUPER=01-Manley Butler/Butler Parachute Systems; :16
RUNS=:24
OUT Q=had a piece of it
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VO-NAT

Manley Butler met Rutan 11 years ago when he designed the parachutes for the
famous round-the-world "Voyager" flight.
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4-Scores

ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Morn
WRITER=lba
TAPE#NONE
GRAPHIC=nba

In sports,
Cherokee Parks scored eleven of his 14 points in the last 16 minutes of
Minnesota's win over Golden State.